 The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water...  Biology, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 21by Joseph Cook - 1877 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...poetical description of her person, beginning — " The barge she sat in, like a bnrnnh'd throne, Burnt on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the...sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were lovesick" — seems to prepare the way for, and almost to justify, the subsequent infatuation of 'Antony when... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 434 pages
...her; and that, when she landed, he sent to her to invite her to supper M. Mason. Burn'd on the water:s the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which' they beat,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...tell you: The barge she sat in, like a burnish 'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaien gold; Purple the sails, and .so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were * silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...her. ENO. I will tell you : The barge she sat in 7, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water 8 : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that negligence and inattention in Shakspeare. Enobarbus is made to say that Cleopatra gained Antony's heart... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,s Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : ' the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...make captive of the valiant but voluptuous Anthony : "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them ; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke." * While this Lecture is going through... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 556 pages
...she came from Egypt. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the stern was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that ' The winds were love-sick with them ; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept time, and made The water, which they beat,... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 1006 pages
...description of it, imitated from Plutarch. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burnt on the waves ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them ; the oars were «ilrer. Which to the tune of flute* kept stroke • For her own p«r*oa, It beggar'd... | |
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